Author: Hilda Raja
Publication: The Pioneer
Date: December 2, 2008
URL: http://dailypioneer.com/138547/Dial-Congress-for-terror.html
With no UPA allies condemning the Mumbai holocaust
the silence maintained by Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, Mr Mulayam
Singh Yadav and the otherwise eloquent Left parties exposes their vested interest
of not losing Muslim votes. With Israel slamming India for the lack of sufficient
intelligence inputs and a hurried assault by the NSG and the Navy commandos
that resulted in the death of maximum hostages, the blame game between the
various agencies has already begun.
The attack on the Taj Mahal Hotel, aiming
to strike at our heritage and growing financial clout, is a bleak reminder
of the Parliament attack which should have made the Government (irrespective
of the parties in power) take serious note as the terrorists had dared to
attack the very seat of our democracy in which rests the sovereignty of the
people. Emboldening the terrorists was the fact that the warnings about the
impending attack were not heeded.
The crucial question is what was the UPA Government
doing since it came to power? The number of serial bombings across the country
should have put it on high alert. But the Congress and its allies were busy
with their political ambitions of coming back to power.
In the disguise of renunciation of the post
of Prime Minister, Congress president Sonia Gandhi instituted a co-ordination
committee and became its chairperson. Though the panel is defunct she remains
the National Advisory Council chairperson allowing her to attend every Cabinet
meeting and thus in her we have a de facto Prime Minister and a power centre
at 10 Janpath.
The extravagant expenditure on the security
of politicians must be diverted to modernise our national security forces.
Those who want power must be prepared to face self-injected insecurity. The
Mumbai massacre is a bugle call to all nationalists and patriots to end the
rule of the Congress.
The nation cannot be taken for a ride any
more. The Congress must be banished along with all its political buffoons
who have segmented and divided the people into ghettos of creed and caste,
and sat back to pontificate their hollow words of consolation while innocent
people were massacred on the streets. The Congress's hand is smeared with
the blood of innocent people.